Ankara: Round four analysis by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko

9/21/2012 – The games played at the Women's Grand Prix in Ankara are not at the stratospheric level of some recent Super-GM tournaments. But they are spirited, hard-fought and entertaining. They are also quite instructive for tournament players, and indeed amateurs. Especially when they are nicely annotated by a strong GM. On this free day we bring you all round four games with commentary.

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From 15th to 29th September 2012 the sixth Women's Grand Prix is taking place
in Ankara, the capital of Turkey and the country’s second largest city
after Istanbul. It is the last of the 2011–2012 series of elite events
organised by FIDE and Global Chess. The winner of each tournament takes home
6,500 Euros, the total prize fund is 40,000 Euros. The overall winner will get
a further 15,000 Euros at the end of the series, and qualifies to challenge
the Women's World Champion in 2013. Starting time of the games is 15:00h (check
your local time here). The final round starts five hours earlier –
at 10:00 a.m. local time. A full schedule with all pairings is given at the
bottom of the page.

Round four

Round four: Wednesday September 19, 2012 at 15:00h

GM

Kosintseva Tatiana

2524

0-1

GM

Koneru Humpy

2593

GM

Cmilyte Viktorija

2520

1-0

GM

Stefanova Antoaneta

2502

WGM

Ruan Lufei

2492

½-½

GM

Zhao Xue

2549

WGM

Ju Wenjun

2528

1-0

WGM

Yildiz Betul Cemre

2341

IM

Munguntuul Batkhuyag

2434

1-0

GM

Socko Monika

2463

GM

Muzychuk Anna

2606

1-0

WGM

Ozturk Kubra

2294

Round four review by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko

The GM hard at work after round four, analysing all the games. Evgenij Miroshnichenko
is a Ukrainian grandmaster who won his country's championship in 2003 and 2008.

Just above the replay board there is a drop-down menu where you can select
the other games.

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